BEVA pod

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional.   Find out more about the top stories: RCVS President's first speech New digital SIC service: VMD Connect website BVNA Mental Health Toolkit Gerald Leigh Lectures 2024 BEVA Congress hub RCVS Knowledge Awards for 2025 RCVS Fellowship Sports horses are key to the future of equine practice EID...

In this epsiode, Tim Barnett chats to world-renowned head and neck surgeon Geoff Lane about his impressive career in equine medicine.

Congress has so much to offer this year, and none more so than for nurses! With more practicals than ever and workshops abound, the programme features numerous streams which nurses will find relevant to the various fields within which they work. Friday features 'one medicine', critical care, bandaging, casting and suturing, and ends with a neurodiversity workshop. Come and feed your professional s...

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including RCVS governance consultation Watch the intro video from RCVS President Sue Paterson Read the PDF consultation paper Listen to a podcast from Lizzie Lockett and Ben Myring from the RCVS Register for the RCVS webinar about the consultation on Monday 1 July. BEVA Trust volunteering op...

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional.   *Please note that since the recording of this episode the EVDA Practical Equine Dentistry course has been cancelled the Nursing: Schedule 3 Skills course on 29 June has become fully booked, places are still available on 20 June course*   Links CVS Group divests ts operations in the Nether...

During his Presidency, Dave Rendle's objective was to tidy up the way we use anthelmintics and start to afford these essential medicines the protection they deserve. On forming the Anthelmintic Working Group, he invited Nic Steel was to be one of the first opinion practitioners to help the group create simple, practical and effective guidance on how vets at the coal face could take responsibility...

Back in the Saddle is our new coaching programme specifically designed to support members who are seeking career support and are more than five years qualified. Our coaches Kate Blakeman, Gemma Dransfield, Sophie Eaden, Claire Goodban and Lucy Grieve tell us more about the scheme and how it will support members. Applications are now open for our first intake, find out more and apply today .

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional. Links Back in the Saddle group career coaching protectMEtoo anthelmintic tookit Vets with Horsepower BEVApod Focus: MDR R equi with Fleur Whitlock WOAH Equine Rhinopneumonitis webinar Horse Trust Talk Equine Library Redwings.co.uk

Paddy Gordon, owner of a mixed practice and farm vet, discusses his observations and experience in vet recruitment and retention. Increasing student numbers are coming through University but equine and farm need to be given sufficient opportunity and encouragement to allow students to select these careers. Paddy will highlight how practitioners can help students with early experience as well as su...

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional. Links Nominations for BEVA Nurse Empowerment Award open BEVA Under Care templates Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance Group BEVA CPD March EVJ In Conversation podcast : The Congress 2023 Peter Rossdale Clinical Evidence Lecture - Sarah Freeman on changing hearts and minds to impr...

Fleur, EIDS epidemiologist, provides an overview of the 2023 Q4 Equine Quarterly Disease Surveillance Report Focus Article, authored by Jose Vazquez-Boland and his team at the University of Edinburgh. Given how we’ve managed R. equi infections over the years, it's not surprising that we're now confronted with a troubling silent pandemic of multi-resistance. Eradicating it once it establishes itsel...

Having supported some of the world's top equestrian teams both at home and at Championships over a number of years, Ben has worked alongside some of the most experienced vets, physiotherapists and saddle fitters, and hence has an appreciation for the importance of teamwork. This approach is no less important when dealing with a happy hacker or retired pony, and the difference between what can be a...

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional. Latest EIDS Report BEVApod Focus: Sedating for Non-Veterinary Procedures with Neil Townsend February's EVJ In Conversation podcast Clinical insights: Who says there is no progress with solving tendon disease? (Roger Smith)  Lumbar vertebral bone density is decreased in horses with p...

BEVA Trustee, co-opted member of Clinical Practice Committee, Ethics and Welfare Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee for the BEVA/BVDA Exam, explains the new guidance document which BEVA has created (with input from the RCVS and VDS) for vets carrying out sedation for non-veterinary procedures.   View the full guidance Don't Break Your Vet playlist BAEDT members list

Whether it's handling dangerous drugs or working with unhandled yearlings, as veterinary surgeons we take calculated risks daily. After becoming pregnant with her first child, Emily identified a need for clear and concise guidance for veterinarians navigating pregnancy and parenting in clinical practice. After researching the information for herself, she decided to write a book to help new mothers...

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.   Further information on each news item can be found at the following links: RCVS Academy launches client confidentiality course RCVS forms new working group to draw up proposals for the future regulation of veterinary practices SPVS salaries survey Kent-based equine vet struck off...

Nicky has seen the positive impact animals have on their human counterparts in extremis. From service dogs supporting soldiers in war zones, to welfare cases in society, and The Horse Trust herd helping vets and scientists progress the knowledge we have and the practical implications. Through BEVA she hopes to distill information into digestible and workable solutions for vets to provide to their...

Edd has always enjoyed working on projects and has seamlessly woven this into a successful clinical career. Whilst recognising the opportunities and support that have allowed this to happen, alongside the funding, particularly from The Horse Trust and Waltham Petcare Science Institute, it is clear that his open-minded approach to careers and dedication to having a clinical impact have contributed...

Law graduate, Justine Couret, is currently halfway through a veterinary degree at Tartu University in Estonia. When the head of the university equine clinic, Felipe Corrêa, suggested she and three of her fellow students created an equine association for veterinary students, they took the bull by the horns and set up 'Hyraco'. Through this they hope to improve accessibility to equine careers for al...

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.   Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:  Submit your abstract for 2024 Colic Symposium Bluetongue in the UK Free BEVA membership for veterinary nurse students Free subscription to EquiManagement for BEVA members Vitamin D in racehorses "Elitist"...

Helen talks about her passion for the equine veterinary industry, and how despite its challenges there can be solutions to fit most, if not all. What practices need is good leaders, skilled managers, an ethos which nurtures trust and a team which embraces healthy compromise from all sides. As individuals experience life's pushes and pulls, there must be understanding that goal posts will change an...

On graduation, Angela completed an internship and spent time in traditional equine practice. But as life evolved, and with the arrival of kids, it became harder to balance the scales. Always one to think outside the box and ever willing to take up new opportunities, she has added more strings to her bow, and established a work-life balance in the equine field which works for her and her family.

Roger Smith has championed evidence-based medicine and driven progress throughout his career as a researcher and surgeon at the Royal Veterinary College. In this episode he describes how he is bringing this approach to his current role as BEVA President. From launching new CPD and social events, addressing challenges which are impacting recruitment and retention, to supporting the careers of vets...

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.   Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:  BEVA warns horse owners not to hoard antibiotics Measuring antibiotic use in equine practice Tim Mair and Pam Mosedale RCVS Knowledge podcast Reduced revenues arising from implementation of affordability c...

Tim Barnett chats to neurology expert Professor Emeritus Joe Mayhew about his impressive career.